exceptions && exception objects

2003-02-12 Thread Shaw, Steven
Hi, I'm looking for tutorials/sample-code/book-recommendations for learning about exceptions, exception objects and their effective use. Cheers, Steve. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: use as configuration language

2003-02-05 Thread Shaw, Steven
> Well, since you mention that Freezethaw wasn't available, I assume > installing from CPAN isn't an option - if it is, you could check out > YAML: > > http://perladvent.org/2002/15th/ Thanks, Robin. This is an excellent reference for me. It shows me how to use eval to get the data back (and slu

RE: use as configuration language

2003-02-05 Thread Shaw, Steven
> Shaw, Steven wrote: > > Hi I'm trying to use Perl as a configuration language. I have found > > Data::Dumper. I found some doco here: > > > http://tit.irk.ru/perlbookshelf/advprog/ch10_02.htm#ch10-pgfId-976240 > > [snip] > > > > $file = 

use as configuration language

2003-02-05 Thread Shaw, Steven
Hi I'm trying to use Perl as a configuration language. I have found Data::Dumper. I found some doco here: http://tit.irk.ru/perlbookshelf/advprog/ch10_02.htm#ch10-pgfId-976240 Here it talks about how to dump out complex data structures and mentions eval. What I don't understand is how to